The 73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids) was an

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regiment of the

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from 1762 to 1768.

History

The

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was originally raised as a regiment of invalids in February 1762, and numbered the 116th Foot; it was renumbered as the 73rd the following year, and disbanded in 1769.

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Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1762 1769 disestablishments in Great Britain {{UK-mil-unit-stub